Croatia vs Belgium, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE
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Match Details
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Referee Gary Beswick
- Referee Adam Nunn
- Referee Tomasz Kwiatkowski
- Referee Marco Fritz
- Referee Istvan Kovacs
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Netherlands 3 7 2 Portugal 3 6 3 Brazil 3 6 4 Morocco 3 7 5 Japan 3 6 6 France 3 6 7 Argentina 3 6 8 England 3 7 9 Croatia 3 5 10 Senegal 3 6 11 Spain 3 4 12 Switzerland 3 6 13 South Korea 3 4 14 Australia 3 6 15 Poland 3 4 16 United States 3 5 17 Belgium 3 4 18 Iran 3 3 19 Ecuador 3 4 20 Tunisia 3 4 21 Germany 3 4 22 Mexico 3 4 23 Uruguay 3 4 24 Cameroon 3 4 25 Serbia 3 1 26 Wales 3 1 27 Canada 3 0 28 Qatar 3 0 29 Costa Rica 3 3 30 Denmark 3 1 31 Saudi Arabia 3 3 32 Ghana 3 3 -
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Belgium kicks off things out of here…
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Josip Juranovic made 8 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Belgium that had 117 games and scored 36 goals.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' Toby Alderweireld needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' The travelling Belgium supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 45' It’s high time Roberto Martinez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' It is a substitution in Belgium team. Dries Mertens is replaced by Romelu Lukaku on 46 minute.
- 51' Croatia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 59' Another substitution for Belgium to replace Leandro Trossard by Thorgan Hazard on 59 minute.
- 64' The Croatia manager makes a substitution. Marko Livaja departs to be replaced by Bruno Petkovic.
- 67' The referee shows Belgium player a Yellow card on 67.
- 72' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jeremy Doku is hanging Yannick Carrasco on the field on 72 minute.
- 77' It looks surprising Croatia does not make any changes. Jeremy Doku has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 82' Croatia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 87' The whistle greets Thomas Meunier as he departs to be replaced by Eden Hazard.
- 88' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eden Hazard is hanging Thomas Meunier on the field on 88 minute.
- 90' The Croatia manager makes a substitution. Mateo Kovacic departs to be replaced by Lovro Majer.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Croatia
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Mateo Kovacic ↓ Lovro Majer 90'
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Andrej Kramaric ↓ Mario Pasalic 64'
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Marko Livaja ↓ Bruno Petkovic 64'
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Mario Pasalic ↑ 64'
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Bruno Petkovic ↑ 64'
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Lovro Majer ↑ 90'
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Coach Zlatko DalicBelgium
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Thomas Meunier ↓ Eden Hazard 87'
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Dries Mertens ↓ Romelu Lukaku 46'
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Yannick Carrasco ↓ Jeremy Doku 72'
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Eden Hazard ↑ 87'
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Romelu Lukaku ↑ 46'
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Youri Tielemans ↑ 72'
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Thorgan Hazard ↑ 59'
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Jeremy Doku ↑ 72'
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Coach Roberto Martinez -
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